Community Centre Akita

Dou Kawa Kouminkan

堂川公民館

54 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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At around 10:00 a.m., several facility staff and others spotted one Asiatic black bear (about 1 meter in body length) near the communal lodging and exchange facility “Coanity” and the Kamikoani Nursery School. The bear later moved south.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

1 month ago

Official

A bear about 50 cm long was seen in a rice field; it crossed northeast across the field toward the embankment of the Ko-Ani River and left. About 200 m from nearby houses.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Village Industry Division staff saw a bear about 50 cm long in a rice field while in a government vehicle. They scared it away with crackers and rockets; it moved northeast across the rice field and left onto the embankment of the Ko-Ani River. About 40 m from the nearest house.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Village Industry Division staff observed a brown bear about 60 cm long in a field along Route 214. The direction it departed afterward is unknown. About 150 m to the nearest houses.

Kamikoani Sugihana, Akita

6 months ago

Official

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Kamikoani 大阿瀬, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Elementary and middle school staff on the way home saw a brown bear about 1.0 m long near the students’ bicycle parking area. About 10 minutes later, a parent who came to pick up the students also sighted what is likely the same bear nearby. Departure direction unknown. About 20 m to nearby houses, about 200 m to the school.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

7 months ago

Official

A village industry department employee, after receiving on-site guidance from residents about the brown bear's occurrences, sighted a brown bear about 60 cm long behind a nearby house. It then crossed roads and fields within the settlement toward the southeast and disappeared into the bushes along the Busha River. About 5 meters from a nearby house.

Kamikoani Sugihana, Akita

7 months ago

Official

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Kamikoani Bussha, Akita

7 months ago

Official

At around 10:00 a.m., several facility staff and others spotted one Asiatic black bear (about 1 meter in body length) near the communal lodging and exchange facility “Coanity” and the Kamikoani Nursery School. The bear later moved south.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

1 month ago

Official

A bear about 50 cm long was seen in a rice field; it crossed northeast across the field toward the embankment of the Ko-Ani River and left. About 200 m from nearby houses.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Village Industry Division staff saw a bear about 50 cm long in a rice field while in a government vehicle. They scared it away with crackers and rockets; it moved northeast across the rice field and left onto the embankment of the Ko-Ani River. About 40 m from the nearest house.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Village Industry Division staff observed a brown bear about 60 cm long in a field along Route 214. The direction it departed afterward is unknown. About 150 m to the nearest houses.

Kamikoani Sugihana, Akita

6 months ago

Official

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Kamikoani 大阿瀬, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Elementary and middle school staff on the way home saw a brown bear about 1.0 m long near the students’ bicycle parking area. About 10 minutes later, a parent who came to pick up the students also sighted what is likely the same bear nearby. Departure direction unknown. About 20 m to nearby houses, about 200 m to the school.

Kamikoani Fukudate, Akita

7 months ago

Official

A village industry department employee, after receiving on-site guidance from residents about the brown bear's occurrences, sighted a brown bear about 60 cm long behind a nearby house. It then crossed roads and fields within the settlement toward the southeast and disappeared into the bushes along the Busha River. About 5 meters from a nearby house.

Kamikoani Sugihana, Akita

7 months ago

Official

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Kamikoani Bussha, Akita

7 months ago

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